Bath Music Festival 2009

The Purcell School Chamber Ensembles

Fri 22 May | 13.00 | Assembly Rooms
£8 (concessions available) | Book now!

Brilliant young musicians in a bubbly, party programme

Bath Music Festival 2009

Jerusalem Quartet

Sat 23 May | 19.30 | Assembly Rooms
£25, £20, £15, £10 | Book now!

The great string quartet performs Haydn, Bartók and Debussy

Bath Music Festival 2009

Coffee Concert: Janácek and Britten

Sun 24 May | 11.00 | Assembly Rooms
£20-£8 | Book now!

Passionate choral and vocal music led by outstanding lyric tenor Paul Nilon

Bath Music Festival 2009

The Well-Tempered Clavier 1-12

Sun 24 May | 16.00 | Guildhall
£10, £15 for both concerts | Book now!

Carole Cerasi performs Bach’s seminal work on the clavichord

Bath Music Festival 2009

The Well-Tempered Clavier 13-24

Sun 24 May | 20.00 | Guildhall
£10, £15 for both concerts | Book now!

Carole Cerasi performs Bach’s seminal work on the clavichord

Bath Music Festival 2009

Freddy Kempf (pre-concert talk 18:30)

Mon 25 May | 19.30 | Assembly Rooms
£25-£10 | Book now!

SOLD OUT: Stylish young pianist in a virtuoso display of Beethoven, Chopin and Liszt

Bath Music Festival 2009

Piano Masterclass with Joanna MacGregor

Tue 26 May | 11.00 | Mission Theatre
£6 | Book now!

SOLD OUT: Young pianists in an open session with our Artistic Director

Bath Music Festival 2009

Florilegium with Emma Kirkby

Tue 26 May | 19.30 | Assembly Rooms
£25-£10 | Book now!

SOLD OUT: Music for a while: a celebration of music by Purcell and Handel

Bath Music Festival 2009

Sibongile Khumalo + Jason Yarde

Wed 27 May | 19.30 | Bath Abbey
£25-£8 | Book now!

The great South African opera star performs Rachmaninov and jazz in Bath Abbey

Bath Music Festival 2009

Xuefei Yang (pre-concert talk at 18:30)

Thu 28 May | 19.30 | Assembly Rooms
£25-£10 | Book now!

Classical guitarist in a luscious programme of Bach, Albeniz and Granados

Bath Music Festival 2009

T.S. Elliot's Sweeney Agonistes

Thu 28 May | 21.30 | Mission Theatre
£10 | Book now!

Eliot’s dreamlike vision of a criminal underworld, with a jagged, jazzy score

Bath Music Festival 2009

Nikolaj Znaider with the LSO Chamber Ensemble

Fri 29 May | 19.30 | Assembly Rooms
£25-£10 | Book now!

World-class musicians perform Brahms’ radiant String Sextet

Bath Music Festival 2009

Xuefei Yang On Tour

Fri 29 May | 19.30 | St John the Baptist Church, Midsomer Norton
£8 | Book now!

Classical guitarist in a luscious programme of Bach, Albeniz and Granados

Bath Music Festival 2009

David Rothenberg 'Why do Whales Sing?'

Sat 30 May | 13.00 | Mission Theatre
£6 | Book now!

Musical lecture discussing the deep connections between humans and whales

Bath Music Festival 2009

BBC Concert Orchestra and Charles Hazlewood

Sat 30 May | 19.30 | The Forum
£35-£10 | Book now!

A glittering programme including Gershwin’s An American in Paris

Bath Music Festival 2009

David Rothenberg: Whale Music

Sat 30 May | 22.30 | Mission Theatre
£10 | Book now!

Late night whalesong, with clarinets

Bath Music Festival 2009

Festival Service

Sun 31 May | 11.00 | Bath Abbey
Free |
Stunning choral music by Britten and Janáček, and a new collaboration with jazz star Andy Sheppard

Bath Music Festival 2009

Peter Wispelwey Complete Bach Solo Cello Suites

Sun 31 May | 11.00 | Assembly Rooms
£20-£8 | Book now!

A chance to hear one of the greatest cycles of the Baroque era

Bath Music Festival 2009

Happy Birthday Harry: Birtwistle Land

Sun 31 May | 13.00 | Guildhall
£2 or free with ticket to Ritual and Theatre | Book now!

Birtwistle’s legends and landscapes, with face-painting and storytelling

Bath Music Festival 2009

Happy Birthday Harry: Ritual and Theatre

Sun 31 May | 14.30 | Guildhall
£10 | Book now!

A dazzlingly creative start to our two-day celebration, hosted by the maestro himself, Harrison Birtwistle

Bath Music Festival 2009

Happy Birthday Harry: Time + Space

Sun 31 May | 21.30 | Museum of Bath at Work
£10 | Book now!

An innovative installation performance of Birtwistle’s Chronometer

Bath Music Festival 2009

Happy Birthday Harry: Pianos, Clocks and Elegies (with talk)

Mon 1 June | 11.00 | Assembly Rooms
£20-£8 | Book now!

Harrison Birtwistle introduces haunting music for piano, harp and voice

Bath Music Festival 2009

Happy Birthday Harry: Silk House Tattoo

Mon 1 June | 18.45 | Abbey Courtyard
Free |
Military dances, Birtwistle style

Bath Music Festival 2009

Happy Birthday Harry: Antiphons and Motets

Mon 1 June | 19.30 | Bath Abbey
£25-£8 | Book now!

Glorious brass and choral music by Gabrieli, Birtwistle and Dunstable

Bath Music Festival 2009

Ensemble 360

Tue 2 June | 13.00 | Assembly Rooms
£8 | Book now!

Colourful mix of Mozart and Pulenc for wind quintet and piano

Bath Music Festival 2009

Pavel Haas Quartet

Tue 2 June | 19.30 | Assembly Rooms
£25-£10 | Book now!

Intensely romantic music by Prokofiev, Janáček and Dvořák

Bath Music Festival 2009

Joanna MacGregor piano recital

Wed 3 June | 19.30 | Assembly Rooms
£25-£10 | Book now!

Petrushka meets Mussorgsky’s mighty PIctures at an Exhibition (part of our continuing On the Edge of Life: Fairytales strand)

Bath Music Festival 2009

Leopold String Trio (with post-concert talk 9:30pm)

Thu 4 June | 19.30 | Assembly Rooms
£25-£10 | Book now!

Graceful lightness of Mozart, paired with Beethoven

Bath Music Festival 2009

Chetham's Music School

Fri 5 June | 13.00 | Assembly Rooms
£8 | Book now!

Performances from one of the UK’s world famous music schools

Bath Music Festival 2009

Russian Orthodox choral: Arte Corale

Fri 5 June | 19.30 | St Mary's Church, Bathwick
£22-£8 | Book now!

The impassioned, glorious sound of Russian Orthodox music

Bath Music Festival 2009

Jane Chapman: Bach and Beyond

Fri 5 June | 21.30 | Mission Theatre
£10 | Book now!

Harpsichordist plays a stupendous programme of Bach and contemporary music

Bath Music Festival 2009

Wells Cathedral School Chamber Choir

Sat 6 June | 11.00 | St Michael's Church
£5 | Book now!

A magical, fairy-inspired choral programme (part of our continuing On the Edge of Life: Fairytales strand)

Bath Music Festival 2009

Little Red Riding Hood

Sat 6 June | 14.30 | Komedia
£7 | Book now!

Musical narration of Roald Dahl’s witty story (part of our continuing On the Edge of Life: Fairytales strand)

Bath Music Festival 2009

Jane Chapman: Bach and Beyond (On Tour)

Sat 6 June | 19.30 | St Andrew's, Chew Magna
£8 | Book now!

Harpsichordist plays a stupendous programme of Bach and contemporary music

Date